{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000131",
 "municipality": "Sooke",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://sooke.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Unsightly Premises and Objectionable Situations Bylaw No. 296 - Consolidated",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-07-29",
   "document_url": "https://sooke.civicweb.net/document/4015/",
   "summary": "Regulates unsightly premises and objectionable situations in the District of Sooke.",
   "capture_sha256": "ac2e134c0baac15537bf001149db3829a3f5d1ad0dc0523846baccc9ec7f1c72",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T06:16:30+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ac2e134c0baac15537bf001149db3829a3f5d1ad0dc0523846baccc9ec7f1c72.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "prohibited_conditions": "refuse, garbage, noxious material accumulation; water accumulation; unsanitary conditions; noxious weeds; obstructive hedges/shrubs/trees; graffiti; unsightly conditions",
    "enforcement_process": "owner/occupier given opportunity to appear before Council; District may carry out work at expense of owner, costs recoverable as debt or as property taxes",
    "cost_recovery": true,
    "fine_range": "not more than $50,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "prohibited_conditions": "s.2",
    "enforcement_process": "s.4",
    "cost_recovery": "s.4",
    "fine_range": "s.11"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/sooke/property-maintenance/text-ac2e134c0baa/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/sooke/property-maintenance/"
}